Internships Vs. Student Radio station leadership experience?

[radiogeek07]

I don't know if this is the appropriate place to put this, but, I'll give it a try.
I am going to be the Station Manager for WUDR radio in Dayton. I am going into my junior year. I am wondering if it will hurt me to do so while I could be getting an internship somewhere? I have heard some people say that internships are the key, however I have also heard on this board some say that they would rather see you managing a student radio station than stuffing envelopes some place. What's better or does it really matter?<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by radiogeek07 on 07/12/05 02:41 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[radioelizabeth]

Depends on the LONG LONG term goals. An internship will get your foot in the door at a major player, but managing a staff, leading a team, and proving success at a station can do wonders for you in your career.

You still have lots of options to network at any station you may think of interning and you still have a couple years to change your strategy.

You may be able to do BOTH.

Where will you LEARN the most that you can apply down the road? Where do you want to be in 1 year, 5 years, 10 years, 25 years... I say you take the step that takes you there.


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[SirRoxalot]

Do both. This is your junior year. Get the management experience, and the perspective that brings. Believe me, it will give you a whole new view of what it's like on the other side of the desk, and what makes a good employee as well as a good boss.

Next year, go for the intership. It's your senior year. If you're exceptional, the intership may lead to a paid position. You won't have to decide between school and a job if you're graduating from school. They're also more likely to offer a job to somebody who's going to be available for full-time employment.

 

[Eli Polonsky]

> Do both. This is your junior year. Get the management
> experience, and the perspective that brings. Believe me, it
> will give you a whole new view of what it's like on the
> other side of the desk, and what makes a good employee as
> well as a good boss.

Well, if the student station is a volunteer school station, as many are, he won't be managing "employees", he'll be managing fellow volunteer students. It's a little different, but it still requires good organizational skills and diplomacy, and it's good experience.

 

[xmusicmatt]

> Well, if the student station is a volunteer school station,
> as many are, he won't be managing "employees", he'll be
> managing fellow volunteer students. It's a little different,
> but it still requires good organizational skills and
> diplomacy, and it's good experience.
>

And in some ways more of a challege because their less likely to care if their a volenteer staff than if they where a paid person where doing their job is important to them getting paid.<P ID="signature">______________
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